Épigramme | Moitié milord, moitié marchand

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by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Полу‑милорд, полу‑купец

Language: Russian (Русский)

Our translations: FRE

Полу-милорд, полу-купец,
Полу-мудрец, полу-невежда,
Полу-подлец, но есть надежда,
Что будет полным наконец.

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Text Authorship:

by Aleksandr Sergeyevich Pushkin (1799 - 1837), no title, written 1824 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "Эпиграмма", op. 76 no. 5 (1965), from Эхо Поэта = `Ekho Po`eta, no. 5. [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , title 1: "Épigramme", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Épigramme

Language: French (Français) after the Russian (Русский)

Moitié milord, moitié marchand,
Moitié sage, moitié béotien,
Moitié filou, mais il y a l'espoir
Qu'il le soit complètement enfin.

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This text was added to the website: 2015-08-07
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